1 Corinthians 4:10

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.